Self-Portrait with a Harp

Self-Portrait with a Harp

Self-Portrait with a Harp

Artist:Rose Adélaïde Ducreux (French, Paris 1761–1802 Santo Domingo)
Date:1791
Medium:Oil on canvas
Dimensions:76 x 50 3/4 in. (193 x 128.9 cm)
Classification:Paintings
Credit Line:Bequest of Susan Dwight Bliss, 1966

This work has been identified with a self-portrait that Mademoiselle Ducreux exhibited at the Paris Salon of 1791. The sitter's graceful pose and the sumptuous fabrics were admired by contemporary critics.

Provenance

marquis de S[affray], Paris (until d. 1897; sale, Marquis de S . . ., Féral and Breysse, Paris, May 10, 1898, no. 17, as "Une jeune musicienne. Debout, en pied, vêtue d'un élégant costume de soie du temps de Louis XVI. Les cheveux bouclés, poudrés et ornés d'un ruban bleu de ciel, elle est appuyée sur une harpe. Gracieux portrait en parfait état de conservation. Attribué à Vestier. Toile. 1m 90 sur 1m 30," for Fr 25,500); [Gimpel & Wildenstein, Paris and New York, by 1902–5; sold to King]; David H. King Jr., New York (1905; sale, American Art Association, New York, March 31, 1905, no. 69, as "The Marquise de Saffray," by Vigée Le Brun, for $5,700); Susan Dwight Bliss, New York (by 1938–d. 1966)

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